¹Samuel said to Saul, “Yahweh sent me to anoint you to be king over his people, over Israel. Now therefore listen to the voice of the words of Yahweh.

¹Ja Saamuel ütles Saulile: 'Issand on mind läkitanud võidma sind kuningaks tema rahvale Iisraelile. Ja nüüd kuule Issanda sõnu.

²Thus says Yahweh of Armies, ‘I have marked that which Amalek did to Israel, how he set himself against him in the way, when he came up out of Egypt.

²Nõnda ütleb vägede Issand: Ma tahan kätte tasuda, mis Amalek tegi Iisraelile, astudes teel temale vastu, kui ta tuli Egiptusest.

³Now go and strike Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and don’t spare them; but kill both man and woman, infant and nursing baby, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.’”

³Mine nüüd ja löö Amalekki ja kaota sootuks ära kõik, mis tal on, ja ära anna temale armu, vaid surma niihästi mehed kui naised, lapsed ja imikud, härjad ja lambad, kaamelid ja eeslid!'

⁴Saul summoned the people, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah.

⁴Ja Saul hüüdis rahva kokku ning luges nad üle Telaimis: kakssada tuhat jalameest ja kümme tuhat Juuda meest.

⁵Saul came to the city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley.

⁵Kui Saul tuli amalekkide linna alla, siis ta pani varitsejad orgu.

⁶Saul said to the Kenites, “Go, depart, go down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them; for you showed kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt.” So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.

⁶Ja Saul ütles keenlastele: 'Minge, lahkuge, minge ära amalekkide hulgast, et ma ei hävitaks teid koos nendega! Sest te tegite head kõigile Iisraeli lastele, kui nad tulid Egiptusest.' Ja keenlased lahkusid amalekkide hulgast.

⁷Saul struck the Amalekites, from Havilah as you go to Shur, that is before Egypt.

⁷Ja Saul lõi amalekke Havilast kuni Suuri teelahkmeni, mis on Egiptuse ees.

⁸He took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.

⁸Ja ta võttis Agagi, Amaleki kuninga, elusalt vangi, aga kogu rahva hävitas ta mõõgateraga sootuks.

⁹But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the cattle, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and wouldn’t utterly destroy them: but everything that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.

⁹Aga Saul ja rahvas andsid armu Agagile ja parimaile lammastest, kitsedest ja veistest ning talledele ja kõigele, mis oli hea, ega tahtnud neid hävitada sootuks; aga kõik, mis oli väärtuseta ja väeti, nad hävitasid sootuks.

¹⁰Then the word of Yahweh came to Samuel, saying,

¹⁰Siis tuli Saamuelile Issanda sõna, öeldes:

¹¹“It grieves me that I have set up Saul to be king; for he is turned back from following me, and has not performed my commandments.” Samuel was angry; and he cried to Yahweh all night.

¹¹'Ma kahetsen, et ma olen Sauli kuningaks tõstnud, sest ta on taganenud minu järelt ega ole täitnud mu käsku.' Siis Saamuel kohkus ja kisendas kogu öö Issanda poole.

¹²Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning; and it was told Samuel, saying, “Saul came to Carmel, and behold, he set up a monument for himself, and turned, and passed on, and went down to Gilgal.”

¹²Ja Saamuel tõusis vara, et hommikul kohata Sauli; ja Saamuelile anti teada ning öeldi: 'Saul tuli Karmelisse ja vaata, ta püstitas enesele mälestussamba. Siis ta pöördus ümber ja jätkas teekonda alla Gilgalisse.'

¹³Samuel came to Saul; and Saul said to him, “You are blessed by Yahweh! I have performed the commandment of Yahweh.”

¹³Kui Saamuel jõudis Sauli juurde, ütles Saul temale: 'Issand õnnistagu sind! Mina olen Issanda käsku täitnud.'

¹⁴Samuel said, “Then what does this bleating of the sheep in my ears, and the lowing of the cattle which I hear mean?”

¹⁴Aga Saamuel küsis: 'Mis lammaste määgimine see on, mis mu kõrvu kostab, ja veiste ammumine, mida ma kuulen?'

¹⁵Saul said, “They have brought them from the Amalekites; for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the cattle, to sacrifice to Yahweh your God. We have utterly destroyed the rest.”

¹⁵Ja Saul vastas: 'Need on toodud amalekkide käest, sest rahvas säästis parimad lambad, kitsed ja veised, et neid ohverdada Issandale, su Jumalale; aga teised me oleme hävitanud sootuks.'

¹⁶Then Samuel said to Saul, “Stay, and I will tell you what Yahweh has said to me last night.” He said to him, “Say on.”

¹⁶Siis ütles Saamuel Saulile: 'Jäta! Mina kuulutan sulle, mis Issand täna öösel mulle kõneles.' Ja Saul ütles temale: 'Räägi!'

¹⁷Samuel said, “Though you were little in your own sight, weren’t you made the head of the tribes of Israel? Yahweh anointed you king over Israel;

¹⁷Ja Saamuel ütles: 'Eks ole nõnda, et kuigi sa oled iseenese silmis pisike, oled sa ometi Iisraeli suguharudele peaks, sest Issand võidis sind Iisraelile kuningaks?

¹⁸and Yahweh sent you on a journey, and said, ‘Go, and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they are consumed.’

¹⁸Issand läkitas sind teekonnale ja ütles: Mine ja hävita sootuks need patused amalekid ja sõdi nende vastu, kuni sa oled teinud neile lõpu!

¹⁹Why then didn’t you obey the voice of Yahweh, but took the spoils, and did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh?”

¹⁹Aga miks sa ei kuulanud Issanda häält, vaid kippusid saagi kallale ja tegid kurja Issanda silmis?'

²⁰Saul said to Samuel, “But I have obeyed the voice of Yahweh, and have gone the way which Yahweh sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.

²⁰Ja Saul vastas Saamuelile: 'Mina olen kuulnud Issanda häält ja olen käinud teed, kuhu Issand mind läkitas. Ma olen toonud Amaleki kuninga Agagi ja olen hävitanud amalekid sootuks.

²¹But the people took of the spoil, sheep and cattle, the chief of the devoted things, to sacrifice to Yahweh your God in Gilgal.”

²¹Aga rahvas võttis saagist lambaid, kitsi ja veiseid, parima osa hävitamisele kuuluvast, et ohverdada seda Gilgalis Issandale, su Jumalale.'

²²Samuel said, “Has Yahweh as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of Yahweh? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to listen than the fat of rams.

²²Siis ütles Saamuel: 'Ons Issandal sama hea meel põletus- ja tapaohvreist kui Issanda hääle kuuldavõtmisest? Vaata, sõnakuulmine on parem kui tapaohver, tähelepanu parem kui jäärade rasv.

²³For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as idolatry and teraphim. Because you have rejected the word of Yahweh, he has also rejected you from being king.”

²³Sest vastupanu on otsekui nõiduse patt, tõrksus ebajumalate ja teeravite teenistus. Et sa oled hüljanud Issanda sõna, siis hülgab temagi sinu kui kuninga.'

²⁴Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned; for I have transgressed the commandment of Yahweh, and your words, because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice.

²⁴Ja Saul ütles Saamuelile: 'Ma olen pattu teinud, sest ma olen astunud üle Issanda käsust ja sinu sõnadest, sellepärast et ma kartsin rahvast ja kuulasin nende häält.

²⁵Now therefore, please pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship Yahweh.”

²⁵Aga anna nüüd ometi mulle mu patt andeks ja pöördu koos minuga tagasi, et saaksin kummardada Issandat!'

²⁶Samuel said to Saul, “I will not return with you; for you have rejected the word of Yahweh, and Yahweh has rejected you from being king over Israel.”

²⁶Aga Saamuel ütles Saulile: 'Mina ei tule sinuga tagasi, sest sa oled hüljanud Issanda sõna ja Issand hülgab sinu, nõnda et sa enam ei või olla Iisraeli kuningas.'

²⁷As Samuel turned about to go away, Saul grabbed the skirt of his robe, and it tore.

²⁷Kui Saamuel pöördus minekule, siis haaras Saul kinni ta kuuehõlmast, nõnda et see rebenes.

²⁸Samuel said to him, “Yahweh has torn the kingdom of Israel from you this day, and has given it to a neighbor of yours who is better than you.

²⁸Ja Saamuel ütles talle: 'Issand on täna rebinud Iisraeli kuningriigi sinult ja andnud su ligimesele, kes on sinust parem.

²⁹Also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent; for he is not a man, that he should repent.”

²⁹Jah, Iisraeli Hiilgus ei valeta ega kahetse, sest ta ei ole inimene, et ta kahetseb.'

³⁰Then he said, “I have sinned: yet please honor me now before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and come back with me, that I may worship Yahweh your God.”

³⁰Ta vastas: 'Ma olen pattu teinud! Aga osuta nüüd ometi mulle seda au mu rahva vanemate ja Iisraeli ees ja tule koos minuga tagasi, et saaksin kummardada Issandat, su Jumalat!'

³¹So Samuel went back with Saul; and Saul worshiped Yahweh.

³¹Siis Saamuel pöördus tagasi Sauli järel ja Saul kummardas Issandat.

³²Then Samuel said, “Bring here to me Agag the king of the Amalekites!” Agag came to him cheerfully. Agag said, “Surely the bitterness of death is past.”

³²Ja Saamuel ütles: 'Tooge mu juurde Agag, Amaleki kuningas!' Ja Agag tuli rõõmsasti ta juurde; Agag ütles: 'Küllap surmakibedus on kadunud!'

³³Samuel said, “As your sword has made women childless, so your mother will be childless among women!” Samuel cut Agag in pieces before Yahweh in Gilgal.

³³Aga Saamuel ütles: 'Nõnda kui sinu mõõk tegi naised lastetuks, nõnda jääb su ema naiste hulgas lastetuks!' Ja Saamuel raius Agagi tükkideks Issanda ees Gilgalis.

³⁴Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of Saul.

³⁴Siis Saamuel läks Raamasse ja Saul läks koju Sauli Gibeasse.

³⁵Samuel came no more to see Saul until the day of his death; for Samuel mourned for Saul: and Yahweh grieved that he had made Saul king over Israel.

³⁵Ja Saamuel ei näinud enam Sauli kuni oma surmani, siiski leinas Saamuel Sauli. Aga Issand kahetses, et ta oli teinud Sauli Iisraeli kuningaks.